OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 47-year-old Douglas County Jail inmate remains hospitalized after a weekend altercation with several guards.
Douglas County Corrections Lt. Daniel Scherer said Monday that Robert Groenjes assaulted several corrections officers Saturday night.
After guards subdued Groenjes he was taken to a hospital for treatment. Details of why he was hospitalized weren’t immediately released.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Pankonin told the Omaha World-Herald that the incident remains under investigation, so some details of what happened are unclear.
Groenjes has been in in the jail since Jan. 29 on suspicion of second-degree assault.
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